Report: John Skelton to work out for Packers

The Packers, who were down to one healthy quarterback on Sunday vs. Philadelphia, will work out veteran passer John Skelton, Lauren Magiera of WAOW-TV in Wausau, Wisconsin reported on Monday.

Skelton, 25, was most recently with the 49ers, who waived him on Oct. 9 after a week’s stint in San Francisco. Skelton also spent about five months with the Bengals before being let go after the 2013 preseason.

Scott Tolzien, who played the bulk of the Packers’ 27-13 loss to the Eagles, will start next week’s game at the Giants. However, it’s unclear who will back him up. Seneca Wallace, who started Sunday’s game, suffered a groin injury in the first quarter, and his status for next week is uncertain.

Skelton started 17 regular-season games with the Cardinals from 2009 through 2011. For his career, he’s completed 320-of-602 passes for 3,707 yards with 15 TDs and 25 interceptions.

I’m failing to understand why the Packers don’t reach out to Matt Flynn.

justintuckrule says:Nov 11, 2013 5:43 PM

Sometimes it amazes me how these G.M.’s stay employed.

Why wouldn’t GB check out David Carr??? Whatever 49th option they sign to backup Tolzien isn’t gonna make a difference. Soooooooo….why not sign the one who at least has intimate knowledge of your opponent??

So are they going to make calls to Joe Montana and Steve Young eventually? Little bit of a 49ers trend going…

And, side note to all of the “look how far they’ve fallen” geniuses out there: Yes. It’s a shambles without Aaron Rodgers. And the Saints would be crap without Drew Brees, and the Broncos without Manning, etc. etc. etc. Saying that a team hits a major skid after losing a top-tier QB doesn’t make you a brilliant analyst. Why don’t you go outside and start proclaiming that the sky is blue? SMH.

gbrim says:Nov 11, 2013 5:51 PM

Skelton has accuracy problems, but he also spent his whole career in AZ behind the worst O-Line in the league, by far. There are worse choices (maybe Seneca Wallace??).

The Packers need to be careful. If they find someone that plays well, Rodgers will get his feelings hurt and call his mom. Crazy how Favre can play though injuries, but Rodgers has to sit out for small injuries! Favre was 10 times the tough quarterback Rodgers will ever be.

Matt Flynn has arm issues and young is to dumb to learn the playbook that’s why

contra74 says:Nov 11, 2013 6:09 PM

Don’t worry. I’ve been assured that the previous championships from last century will be on the field this week to help the packers get a win. Wait…what…. Those championships don’t amount to squat today!? Oh man, the packers are screwed!

Why wouldn’t GB check out David Carr??? Whatever 49th option they sign to backup Tolzien isn’t gonna make a difference. Soooooooo….why not sign the one who at least has intimate knowledge of your opponent??

You’re welcome Thompson.
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Because David Carr is still employed by the Giants? Maybe being an NFL GM is harder than you thought.

gtodriver says:Nov 11, 2013 6:41 PM

vegasgreek says:

Rodgers went to Cal Berkely. that’s like an Ivy league school .
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When did they move California up to the NE corner of the United States?

For those asking why don’t the Packers sign such and such guy, let’s be honest. The crop of FA QBs isn’t anything to write home about. You can prefer one guy over another but end of day if a guy had a ton to offer he’d already have a job by now.

—————————————————————————————————————————————————— pretty hard to ( next man up after your starting qb) then again if your a viking fan a practice squad qb would be an upgrade right? btw contra what happened to the vikings winning the superbowl this year? you were one of the people posting it on this site after the draft and the signing of greg jennings what happened?

Vince Young isn’t an accurate passer, more like Tebow, but a very good and big athlete. MM would have to change his offense to use him and he wont do that. But I haven’t heard anything about him being a bad guy. I will say that Don Shula got into the playoffs with Tom Matte who was a running back and Tebow got the Broncos there so it can be done.

gtodriver says:Nov 11, 2013 7:42 PM

I have to correct my earlier posts. Matt Flynn is now on an NFL roster. That would be the Packers…

While Skelton was with the Bengals, he had the best stats in the preseason games over Dalton and Johnson, even while he was learning to play a West Coast offense for the first time. Gruden cut Skelton because he was still learning the WCO, he wanted Johnson around to play the wildcat, and because Johnson has been a pet project of his since Johnson was drafted by Tampa Bay.

Away for the horrible Cards offensive line, Skelton looked real good behind the Bengals second team offensive line.

Still haven’t heard the truth of the 49er signing fiasco where they waived Skelton (in order to sign newly cut BJ Daniels) after signing him one week earlier with Harbaugh gushing over Skelton’s experience and potential.